The sale effectively offers users five books for US$29.95 -- all five books will be in PDF format, and will be downloadable. The sale is on now, and ends on Friday, February 13th, 2009. SitePoint stressed that all of the proceeds from the sale would be donated to relief efforts, and the company hopes to raise $50,000.

The Australian bushfires are normally beyond the purview of The Mac Observer, but the books being offered by SitePoint fall squarely in our camp. The fires have ravaged the Aussie state of Victoria, and more than 180 people have already been reported to have died from the fires.